"In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action."

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"In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action."

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"It is by a mathematical point only that we are wise, as the sailor or fugitive slave keeps the polestar in his eye; but that is sufficient guidance for all our life. We may not arrive at our port within a calculable period, but we would preserve the true course."

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"A healthy amount of fear and respect might be a good idea."

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"To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under the sun, and the sun taught me that history wasn't everything."

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"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."

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"If we would guide by the light of reason we must let our minds be bold."

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"Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy."

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"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."

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"If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable."

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"Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears."

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"To declare that in the administration of criminal law the end justifies the means to declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to secure conviction of a private criminal would bring terrible retribution."

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"The logic of words should yield to the logic of realities."

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